Brave

A way to uninstall Brave from your system

This page is about Brave for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Brave Software Inc. Open here for more information on Brave Software Inc. Brave is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. You can uninstall Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Installer\setup.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is labeled brave.exe and it has a size of 2.73 MB (2866712 bytes).

Brave is comprised of the following executables which occupy 29.38 MB (30809816 bytes) on disk:

• brave.exe (2.73 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (1.04 MB)
• brave_vpn_helper.exe (2.60 MB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.34 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (2.56 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.27 MB)
• brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (10.36 MB)
• setup.exe (3.74 MB)

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The current page applies to Brave version 124.1.65.114 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Brave:

• 79.1.2.42
• 115.1.56.9
• 70.0.55.18
• 86.1.15.75
• 112.1.50.118
• 83.1.10.97
• 77.0.71.90
• 102.1.39.122
• 79.1.2.43
• 124.1.65.133
• 123.1.64.113
• 120.1.61.106
• 87.1.17.68
• 74.0.63.48
• 116.1.57.57
• 123.1.64.109
• 84.1.11.101
• 103.1.40.105
• 91.1.25.68
• 116.1.57.47
• 77.0.68.138
• 89.1.22.66
• 89.1.22.71
• 116.1.57.64
• 81.1.9.72
• 78.1.3.39
• 125.1.66.115
• 127.1.68.141
• 90.1.24.86
• 75.0.65.118
• 91.1.28.22
• 101.1.38.109
• 75.0.65.121
• 99.1.36.109
• 104.1.42.97
• 97.1.34.80
• 108.1.46.133
• 116.1.57.53
• 81.1.9.68
• 114.1.52.117
• 107.1.45.133
• 128.1.69.162
• 86.1.15.69
• 124.1.65.130
• 130.1.71.114
• 89.1.21.76
• 121.1.62.156
• 117.1.58.129
• 100.1.37.113
• 88.1.19.90
• 80.1.5.113
• 107.1.45.127
• 127.1.68.134
• 85.1.14.83
• 92.1.27.108
• 80.1.5.115
• 105.1.43.93
• 110.1.48.167
• 74.0.64.76
• 110.1.48.171
• 91.1.25.72
• 73.0.61.51
• 126.1.67.116
• 73.0.61.52
• 107.1.45.131
• 76.0.67.125
• 81.1.8.86
• 71.0.58.18
• 109.1.47.186
• 83.1.10.95
• 75.0.66.101
• 106.1.44.101
• 106.1.44.108
• 72.0.59.35
• 90.1.24.85
• 89.1.22.67
• 88.1.19.86
• 128.1.69.153
• 98.1.35.100
• 103.1.40.113
• 105.1.43.85
• 102.1.39.109
• 72.0.59.34
• 123.1.66.43
• 86.1.16.76
• 90.1.24.82
• 96.1.33.99
• 108.1.46.134
• 117.1.58.131
• 106.1.44.112
• 90.1.24.84
• 84.1.12.112
• 95.1.31.88
• 83.1.10.90
• 81.1.8.95
• 114.1.52.122
• 90.1.23.75
• 88.1.20.110
• 91.1.26.74
• 120.1.61.109

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Some files, folders and registry entries will not be deleted when you are trying to remove Brave from your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\124.1.65.114.manifest
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\brave.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\brave_vpn_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\chrome_wer.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\dxcompiler.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\dxil.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\elevation_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\af.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\mojo_core.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\124.1.65.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json

Many times the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Brave
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BraveSoftware Brave-Browser
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Brave-Browser

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName

A way to remove Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program by the software company Brave Software Inc. Frequently, computer users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this by hand takes some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY way to uninstall Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". If it exists on your system the Brave app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Brave in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Brave.


8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Brave that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Brave by Brave Software Inc from your computer, nor are we saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Brave in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.